Proprietor Nobuo Miyamae says he needed Little Soul Cafe to supply a neighborhood house for music fanatics in Tokyo.
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Proprietor Nobuo Miyamae says he needed Little Soul Cafe to supply a neighborhood house for music fanatics in Tokyo.
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Image this: You are at a busy bar when the whisper of a tune comes trickling out of some busted speaker; you wish to reserve it for future listening, however Shazam-ing it’s pointless as a result of it is simply too darn loud.
Nicely, that is not an issue for the patrons of the Little Soul Cafe in Tokyo, as a result of music is the main focus right here. As a part of our Sense of Place: Japan collection, we stepped inside this listening bar with an impeccable aura.
Little Soul Cafe is situated in Shimokitazawa, a Tokyo neighborhood stuffed with classic outlets, bars and reside music.
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There’s delicate amber gentle, a top-notch sound system and partitions lined with greater than 14,000 vinyl information. The gathering belongs to bar proprietor Nobuo Miyamae, who takes the tune curation very critically.
“If some prospects wish to hearken to some tunes, generally I settle for that request and play that,” he says. “However usually, what I put an significance on is the environment of this house.”
On this session, Miya talks about how Little Soul obtained its begin and the way the bar has impressed different fanatics to begin their very own hi-fi listening areas.
Many due to interpreter Konomu Suido for serving to with this Sense of Place story. And ensure to stay round — we have extra adventures from Japan on the best way.
This episode of World Cafe was produced and edited by Kimberly Junod. The online story was created by Miguel Perez. Our engineer is Chris Williams. Our programming and reserving coordinator is Chelsea Johnson and our line producer is Will Loftus.